Form for displaying clothing



Jun 1940. R. R. WILLIAMSON 2,204,876

' FORM FOR DISiLAYING CLOTHING Filed Aug. 24, 1938 EussELL A. MLL/mvso/Yh g a,\) 4

Attorneys Patented June 18, 1940 UNITED STATES rnrsur orricr.

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a novel form for the display of mens clothing,particularly shirts, and has for its object a number of advantages andadaptations, among them the following:

1. The display-form is capable of receiving a garment, as a mans shirt,and exhibiting it, without having to unfold the garment in putting it onthe form and. removing it therefrom, where- I by the garment is notrumpled and does not need 19 to be laundered or pressed or otherwisetreated after being exhibited on the display form and removed therefrom.

2. Another feature of my invention is the construction of thedisplay-form with an opening in 15 its front within which to place theshirt and a filler adapted to occupy the opening in the shirt, thefiller acting to keep the shirt bosom smooth and slightly curved as itis when being worn, thus making a dicky out of any folded stock shirt.

3. Another feature of this invention is the simplicity andinexpensiveness of the construction of the display-form, the materialcut from the display-form to exhibit the shirt being used as the fillerwhich is adapted to occupy the interior 25 in the shirt and support theshirt in the form.

4. The result of these capacities of the coat form is that the shirtwhen removed from the form is in the condition in which it was receivedfrom the factory and may be immediately sold or 30 returned to stock.

5. Another advantage of the invention is the saving of work-time of thedisplay man, as a folded stock shirt can be applied in a minutes time tothis display form, without the necessity 35 of unfolding and unpinningthe shirt and then stretching it over the form, and can be instantlyremoved from the display-form and placed back in stock or sold withoutthe necessity of laundering and/or pressing the shirt and pinning itback 49 to the condition in which it was originally received from thefactory.

6. Another advantage of my invention is its adaptability for use ineither dummy models or mannequin models.

45 These and other capabilities and advantages will be more fullydiscussed in the specification.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a form with a shirt mounted within itand the bosom of the 50 shirt in full display.

Figure 2 is a cross-section of the display form on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1, with a cross-section also of a shirt, the general body of theshirt being within the display-form for its protection and the as bosomthereof located on the outside of the form.

Figure 3 is a view of a filler or device which is adapted to be placed.in the opening of the bosom of the display-form and thence pushed oninto the inside of the shirt.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the display- 5 form with the fillerremoved and the opening for the filler clearly shown.

Figure 5 is a sectional view through a portion of the wall 5 showing abeveled opening and a part of the filler also having beveled ends, theseparts being separated to facilitate their illustration.

Figure 5a is a sectional view on the line 5a--5a of Figure 1, showing apart of the shirt bosom, the lower end of the filler and a portion ofthe wall of the display-form. v

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing one type of filler in which thecollar form is made integral with the filler.

The improvements herein illustrated in Figure 1 to Figure 6 inclusiveshow my shirtholder or exhibitor for soft shirts for day-time wear. Iwill describe my invention by resort to Figures 1 to 6 inclusive, asthey refer particularly to the means for exhibiting in an attractive waysoft shirts for daytime wear.

In Figure l I have shown a perspective view of my improved display-form,with a mans shirt 2 mounted in the form. One of the features of theinvention is the collar-form 3. This collar-form can be mounted on theupper portion of the filler as seen at 5 in Figure 3 or can be madeintegral with such filler 4 as seen in Figure 6.

This shirt is inserted through the front opening of the display-form andis housed inside of this 85 form I. The form receives the shirt which isheld in place by the wall 6 of the display-form and the filler 4. Thewall is cut away to give opportunity for the insertion and retention ofthe filler 4. The material cut from the display- 0 form I in making theopening 8 I use to make or constitute the filler Q. But, of course, Ican make the filler of a separate piece.

The filler 4 is held in place and prevented from falling or slippinginward of the wall 6 by the cooperating bevels Ad of the filler i and 6aof the wall 6, as seen in Figure 5; and the bevel 4b of the filler 4 andthe cooperating bevel 6b of the wall 6 will prevent the filler from anyaccidental falling from its position outwardly, as seen in Figure 5a..

It will be seen more fully from Figure 4 that the opening 8 in the bosomof the display-form receives and exposes the bosom l of the shirt whenthese features are assembled as shown in Figure 1.

And further the filler 4 is also kept in place by being pressed downwardinto the shirt as shown in Figure 3. Thus the form carries the shirt andthe shirt receives within it the filler 4; so that, in effect, thefiller 4 and the bosom "I of the shirt both enter the form I through theopening 8, the filler 4 being first inserted in the shirt.

Of these several features of the form and its added and assembledfeatures I have produced a practical, easily made and convenientlyoperated form for displaying men's shirts.

Thus my invention comprehends a shirt exhibitor having a part of theform cut out for the insertion of a filler which is adapted to bepositioned within the shirt.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my inventionsuch modifications as come within the scope of the claim and theinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

An exhibitor device for displaying folded stock shirts, comprising abust shaped display-form constituting a hollow body having a frontopening with beveled walls, a filler shaped to simulate the neck andchest portion of the human body 30 having complementary beveled edges tofit said filler within said beveled wall opening, said filler beingslightly smaller than said opening and adapted to be inserted in afolded shirt and retain the bosom portion of the shirt between thebeveled walls of said opening and said filler to display the shirt frontand collar band.

RUSSELL R. WILLIAMSON.

